Pilot Averages 73 Miles Per Minute
War hero Lt. John M. Conroy flew coast to coast in 11 hours 26 minutes in an F86 jet, averaging 445 mph over 5,085 miles with six refuelings, breakfast in Los Angeles and supper at home, then set an east to west record on the return from New York.
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Los Angeles
John M. Conroy
New York
National Guard
Barbara
Jeane
Billy
Timothy
Jack Stevenson
New York City
John. M. Conroy
Air National Guard
Conroy
United States
Jeanne
Paul Mantz
Military Displays Its Might on Armed Forces Day
On Armed Forces Day Americans toured open houses at military bases to view guns tanks ships planes and missiles as a display of strength amid Cold War tensions. General Nathan F Twining highlighted Soviet air power as a swift growing threat while national defense remains the focus with no current war.
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Elton C
Faye Washington
Vacation-Pac Lets Readers Pause Paper Delivery
Vac-Pac service resumes for subscribers of The Sunday News-Globe The Globe- Times and The Daily News. Circulation will save each issue to be delivered when service resumes. Call DR6-6262 to enroll Vacation-Pac until further notice and avoid yard pileups.
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Sunday News-Globe
Globe- Times
The
Daily News
Newsboy
Wrangle Over Attendance At Benson Led Drought Session
Denver reports a dispute over which state agriculture officials may attend a three day meeting with Secretary Benson. Colorado governor Ed C. Johnson plans to bring agriculture commissioner Paul Swisher, while seeking broad grassroots input and limited executive sessions. Governors from Montana and others expected to attend May 31 to June 2 in Denver.
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Benson
Colorado
U.S
Ed C. Johnson
Paul W. Swisher
Johnson
Harvey Dahl
Montana
Great Plains Council session limited to working group
Dahl described the Great Plains Council meeting as mainly a gathering of extension service personnel from ten states. He said staying within the working group is essential, with governors free to attend as observers. Texas Agriculture Commissioner John White accused Benson of banning state officials from a forthcoming meeting to suppress opposition.
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Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Dahl
Great Plains Council
Austin
Texas Agriculture
John White
Benson
Deaf Akron mother hears baby cry for first time
In Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Harold Hathaway, blind and deaf, heard her three month old son Clarence cry after a new hearing aid was tried. Her husband, also blind and deaf, is supported by a neighbor and visiting nurse service as doctors explore further hearing and speech therapy options.
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Akron
Ohio
Harold Hathaway
Clarence
Kenneth Pipes
Hathaways
Hathaway
Edward J. Hetzel
Hearing Aid Company
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Fair and warmer conditions expected Sunday and Monday with partly cloudy skies. Thunderstorms likely in the Panhandle South Plains and New Mexico west, with highs ranging from the 70s in the north to the 80s in the south. Plotted yesterday temperatures show sunset at 7:49 PM and sunrise at 6:29 AM.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
T A Sc Ccsers
Oseseoea Ua & A.M. Socceese
Vest
Srarise
Baseball Scores From Western League and Major Circuits
The Western Texas New Mexico League saw Pampa beat Amarillo 8 to 4, Plainview 4 over Lubbock 8, Abilene 13 over Albuquerque 5, Clovis 15 over El Paso 10. In the American League Detroit edged Cleveland 3 to 2, New York defeated Baltimore 9 to 4, Chicago 7 over Kansas City 4, Washington 1 blanked Boston 0. In the National League New York 3 beat Pittsburgh, Cincinnati 9 defeated St Louis 6, Philadelphia 6 beat Chicago 2, Milwaukee 1.
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Amarillo
Plainview
Lubbock
Abilene
Albuquerque
Clovis
el Paso
Detroit
Cleveland
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
Kansas City
Washington
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Amarillo Air Show Schedule Highlights Public Displays
The day features an open house from 10:00 a.m. with aircraft displays in hangar 4000 and 2:00 p.m. a Plansman Model Club demonstration on the aircraft parking ramp. At 11:00 a.m. the Amarillo Air Force Base model club performs, 1:00 p.m. the 589th USAF band concert, 2:30 p.m. a Retraining Group vs Furr Food softball exhibition, 4:00 p.m. a retreat ceremony at the headquarters building, and the open house closes at 5:00 p.m.
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Amarillo Air Force Base
USAF
Planesman
Furr
Frank G. Millard
Washington, D.C
Department of the Army
Walter Agee
Amarillo High Rodeo Hits Lakeside Arena Today
Fast action is assured this afternoon at the Amarillo High School Rodeo second performance at Lakeside Arena on Highway 287. Twenty five entrants compete in bronc riding bull riding ribbon roping and calf roping. Events begin at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $1 for adults 50 cents for students and 25 cents for children under 12.
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Amarillo
Amarillo High School
AHS
Johnson backs discretionary vaccine powers for president
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas endorsed a Hill proposal to grant President Eisenhower stand by authority to control the manufacture and distribution of the Salk polio vaccine. He favored broad discretionary powers to ensure equitable distribution, despite Health Department opposition, as a Senate Labor Committee plan moves ahead.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sen
Hill
D-Ala
Eisenhower
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Johnson
Senate
Labor Committee
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